Unit 3 crossword
Across
- 1. ditches where molten lava flowed
- 4. dark areas on the surface that are ancient basaltic lava flows
- 6. Earth & Moon’s center of attraction
- 9. circular features formed by meteorite impacts
- 11. the continuous flow of charged particles that comes from the Sun in every direction
- 12. Moon is farthest away from the Earth
- 15. the Earth is positioned between the Moon & Sun
- 16. thin orange-red gaseous layer just above the photosphere
- 19. lighter areas that are mountainous
- 20. pulverized meteorite ejecta or regolith
Down
- 2. most likely exists at the poles shadowed in deep craters
- 3. Tremendous explosions on the surface of the Sun
- 5. minimum tidal pull when the Moon is at quadrature (90o angle from the Earth & Sun line)
- 7. the Moon is positioned between the Earth & the Sun
- 8. Moon is closest to the Earth in orbit
- 10. radiation from the surface of the Sun, which is the portion of the Sun we see
- 13. means “partial” shadow
- 14. Appear as dark spots on the surface of the Sun
- 17. max tidal pull of the Sun and Moon
- 18. orbit to rotation ratio 1:1